PDF to Excel Converter
Extract tables and text from a PDF into a .xlsx spreadsheet, one sheet per page. Runs entirely in your browser — files are never uploaded to a server.
Table detection here is a best-effort position-based estimate, not true table structure recognition — it works well on simple, clearly-aligned tables and may misalign complex tables with merged cells or irregular spacing.
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How it works
Each page's text is grouped into rows by vertical position, then into columns by clustering nearby horizontal positions — reconstructing a grid without any real knowledge of the PDF's original table structure. This works well for clean, simple tables and plain text, but isn't a substitute for true table recognition on complex documents. For scanned PDFs with no text layer, use Scanned PDF to Text (OCR) instead.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the table detection?
It's a position-based estimate, not true table structure recognition — reliable for simple, clearly-aligned tables, but it can misalign complex tables with merged cells or irregular spacing.
Does this use OCR for scanned PDFs?
No — it reads the PDF's existing text layer only, and will tell you if little or no text was found.